Formal assessment of the educational environment experienced by interns placed in rural hospitals in Western Australia

Kirsten Auret

qualifications: FRACP

contribution: designed the project, original concept, literature review, supervised data collection, wrote the first draft, designed the project, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts, input data, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts

position: Professor, Rural and Remote Medicine

Australia

I am a General Physician in rural practice in WA, especially working in the areas of Oncology, Palliative Care and Geriatrics. I am also an academic in the Rural Clinical School Of Western Australia and am committed to the growth of a robust undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching environment in our rural hospitals.

Lesley Skinner

qualifications: FRACGP

contribution: original concept

position: Director, Postgraduate Medical Education

Dr Craig Sinclair

qualifications: PhD

contribution: literature review

position: Associate professor, research

Australia

Research interests include: Rural health, Healthy ageing, Palliative care, Advance care planning, Indigenous health, Rural mental health

Sharon Evans

qualifications: PhD

contribution: input data

position: Associate professor, research

Australia

Biostatistician RCSWA